Song of the Day #3,047: ‘Knot Comes Loose’ – My Morning Jacket

my_morning_jacket_z‘Knot Comes Loose’ is the penultimate track on My Morning Jacket’s acclaimed 2005 album, Z. I first jumped on the MMJ bandwagon with the release of 2008’s Evil Urges and later bought Z to catch up on the band’s catalog.

This album didn’t grab me right away and, though I have bought a couple of My Morning Jacket releases in recent years, I abandoned any possibility of going all fanboy over them.

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Song of the Day #1,562: ‘Gideon’ – My Morning Jacket

I discovered My Morning Jacket after the release of 2008’s Evil Urges, a masterful collection of southern-fried funk and psychedelia that simply blew me away.

A lot of fans were apparently turned off by Evil Urges, expecting something closer to what the band delivered on 2005’s Z, their critical and commercial breakthrough.

I bought Z, figuring if I loved their new “disappointing” release I’d certainly love what fans considered their best work.

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